Arrival at Tulum Ruins
At the Tulum information center, everyone was given a listening device so we could hear the tour guide’s narrative easier in the great outdoors. A shuttle was waiting for us to travel a short distance to a drop-off point. There we would walk to the ruins by way of a trail through the jungle. Just before arriving at a long stairway I saw what I call the Guardian of Tulum – a large iguana that appeared to be looking over the group of 2-legged creatures (people) moving along the trail.
Guardian of Tulum
This guy watched as our tour group passed by |
This stairway looked very long as
we began our climb to the top |
The stairway was long enough that it tested me a bit, but I made it to the top okay. Then another short trek through the jungle where we finally arrived at the entrance to a narrow tunnel. Our small tour group had to walk through the tunnel in single-file. This made for a somewhat dramatic entrance when exiting into the open air looking out over the the ruins of a Mayan village.
A short trek through more jungle
took us to a tunnel |
Our group exits through the
light at the end of the tunnel |
Lynn and Maury are happy to have made it to the village ruins of Tulum |
As soon as Lynn and I came out of the tunnel and were inside the gate to the village, we were ushered to a location for our official trip photo to be taken. This seems to be a common custom for many of the excursions we've taken. |
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